8th Grade Science

PHYSICAL SCIENCE TEXTBOOK

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6/9 CHEMISTRY RELATED CAREERS

• Chemical Careers (list of careers, background, quotes, general information)
http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=vc2%5c3wk%5cwk3.html


• A Day in the Life: Chemist
http://www.princetonreview.com/cte/profiles/dayInLife.asp?careerID=34


• A Day in the Life: Chemical Engineer
http://www.princetonreview.com/cte/profiles/dayInLife.asp?careerID=33


• What Do Chemical Engineers Do? (click “Job Descriptions”)
http://www.aiche.org/careers/overview.htm

• Chemical Engineers
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos029.htm
• Chemical and Engineering News: Career & Employment News (from flavor and fragrance chemists to those who discover and develop drugs)
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/html/career.html
• Adventures of Meg A. Mole, Future Scientist (Featured chemists make household products and NASA insulation)
http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=kids%5cmeg_index.html
• Science & Technology: Cool Tech Jobs (See Cosmetic Chemist and Forensic Scientist)
http://www.girlpower.gov/girlarea/sciencetech/jobs/index.htm
• Science Knows No Boundaries (see Chemist and Food Scientist)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/scientists/scientistsframe2.htm
• Going Places with Chemistry (biographies of female scientists)
http://www.chemheritage.org/women_chemistry/career/career.html
• BLS Career Information: Jobs for People Who Like Science (Chemist, Pharmacist)
http://stats.bls.gov/k12/html/edu_sci.htm
• GetTech Careers
http://www.gettech.org/txt/category2_txt.asp?cat=5
• Cool Tech Jobs: Cosmetic Chemist
http://www.girlpower.gov/girlarea/sciencetech/jobs/cosmeticchemist.htm
• Career Zone: Chemists (click “Similar Jobs” for more)
http://nycareerzone.org/graphic/profile.jsp;jsessionid=819311053448876046?onetsoc=19-2031.00

4/29 Homework

1. complete #1 JLab by May 5
2. Complete 2 of the following - follow the directions on the back of your Penny Lab sheet

Watersheds Matchup:
watershed matchup
-list the matches made with the definition of each
Flashcards: http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-933625
-list all words and their definitions
Study Jams Quiz: http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/rocks-minerals-landforms/weathering-and-erosion.htm
-write the question and the answer you choose

4/27

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO THE WRITING ASSIGNMENT FOR HOMEWORK - I CHANGED THE PLAN!

Jefferson Lab Directions and Assignments - should be loaded Thursday morning:)

4/21

Need More Practice Balancing Equations? Check out another Dewitt video:
Intro to Balancing Equations

Homework:
1. Balancing Equations Practice


2. Study for Acids/Bases Quiz

Wednesday, April 6
Complete the following on chemical/physical changes and properties - be ready for re-quiz Friday

Periodic Table Test - Monday, March 14

*periodic table review due 3/14

Periodic Table Notes

Element Wanted poster - due Wednesday, March 16

2/23 Atoms and Atomic Theory Test Thursday!

Complete the review:

2/19 What are the parts of an atom?

Parts of an Atoms.pdf

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2/4 Electricity and Magnetism Test on 2/8

NOTE - A1 class

• when we went over our circuits worksheets, I told you that electricity flows from positive to negative - THAT IS INCORRECT! It flows from negative to positive

HW - study for the test and complete the unit overview

2/2 Electric Motors and Generators

1/26 Flash card review

Make at least 30 flashcards that review terms from the beginning of the year until now. Pick terms that you find challenging! Study your flashcards to help prepare for your Mid-term test Thursday. You may make traditional paper flashcards or try your hand with an online flash card maker.

Flash card makers: Cram, Flashcards Plus (this is a popular app for Android and IPhone)

Classwork: Conductor and insulator letters
*Write a letter to Ben on one side of a sheet of notebook paper and a letter to Canaan on the other side. Be sure to include the key words from the directions in each letter!

1/22 HOMEWORK:

What Electrical Resistance?

1/20 HOMEWORK:

Complete the What are amperes, volts and ohms? worksheet

*extra credit due Friday - see #6 on National Mag Lab from January 13

1/15 HOMEWORK:

1/13

1/11 Magnetism and Electricity

NOTES and STUDY AIDES:




Homework: Read the article and answer the attached questions

1/10

1. Current Flow
National Mag lab Go to the website, click on INTERACTIVE TUROTIALS, scroll down to find Current Flow. Read the passage. Explain in your own words explain how current flow is like water flowing through a pipe

2. Conductors, insulators
http://www.physics-chemistry-interactive-flash-animation.com/electricity_electromagnetism_interactive/electric_conductors_insulators.htm

List each item and write whether it is a conductor, semi-conductor, or insulator

3. Circuits
http://www.knowitall.org/nasa/flash/electricity/circuits.swf

Explore the website about circuits. Draw a picture of a parallel circuit and a series circuit.

4. Magnetic Domains
National Mag lab Go to the website, click on INTERACTIVE TUTORIALS and scroll down to find find Magnetic Domains. Read the lesson and explain what magnetic domains are in complete sentences.


5. Compasses in Magnetic Fields
Go back to interactive tutorials on National Mag Lab, under INTERACTIVE TUTORIALS, explore Compasses in magnetic fields. In complete sentences explain what a magnetic compass is.


6. Enrichment
https://nationalmaglab.org/education/magnet-academy/watch-play/interactive

explore MRI, guitar pick up or Van De Graff generator and explain one of them in relation to electricity and magnetism

1/5 Force, Motion and Simple Machines Quiz 1/7

Force, Motion, and Simple Machines Study Guide


Vocabulary Activity - Chapter 8
Word Bank:

joule screw power work input inclined plan advantage pulley output fulcrum simple
block and tackle lever machine wedge compound wheel and axel efficiency watt
fixed, movable

12/21 Simple Machines

FISSION OR FUSION - Make up work! Use your text book - don't guess!

12/1 Balanced and Unbalance Forces

11/24
Motion Notes (video clips will not work)



11/17 Complete the following to turn in next class:





10/26 EMS Lapbook directions




10/20
TEST - WAVES AND SOUND THURSDAY, 10/22

Wave and Sound Review to be completed by 10/22


Additional study info:
Calculating Wave Speed/Velocity
Wave speed = wavelength x frequency
ex. Determine the wave speed of a wave that has a wavelength of 5 m and a frequency of 4 Hz.
wave speed = 5 x 4
wave speed = 20 m/s

Wave and Sound Overview for additional review:




10/14/15
Wave Interactions Practice - print and complete or complete in your spiral notebook



10/6 Heat Test Thursday, October 8
*complete review


Optional - heat flash cards




9/28 Literary Reading - Heat
*read the passage and answer the attached questions



9/24
1. Study for your ENERGY TEST next class
2. Homework Menu - complete one of the following review activities:






9/18 Forms of Energy
Homework Menu - you may chose one of the following activities to do for homework:
a) make flashcards for each form of energy (including kinetic and potential), put the word on one side with the definition and an example of the type of energy on the other
b) print and complete the following definition card activity





9/16 - your first quiz is 9/18 on lab Safety, lab tools, the Scientific Method, and measurement
HW:

IV, DV and constants practice.pdf

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